This collection contains Paul Schrag's personal correspondence with his wife's family in Germany and Switzerland, in particular with Winfried Fuchs. It also contains correspondence with Dr. Max Gutzwiller, and with Ernst August Seligmann. The correspondence discusses mainly personal matters but also Schrag's creative work. The collection also includes some of his novels, poems and speeches. It contains in particular The Black Book which are very personal notes Schrag made during the 1930s for his wife Suzanne
Paul Schrag was born in Germany in 1909. He studied law, married Suzanne (Susie) Fuchs and had three sons. Paul was not Jewish, but his wife was. He arrived in New York in 1938. In 1942 he joined a law firm where he worked for 25 years. Later he opened a law firm with a son. His passion was writing stories, novels, plays and poetry. He wrote mostly in English and German, but also in French. In addition, he translated poems from the Latin. Paul Schrag died in 1991